IN SEARCH OF ABBA

Hasta Mañana

I arrived in Scheidam the evening before the Day, the 12th of April, 1996. I wanted to get myself settled and get a good night's sleep before the pomp and circumstance. Now Scheidam has some lovely parts, ie: canals, windmills, architecture; but on a Friday night there's "bupkus" in terms of evening entertainment. I spent the night sitting in front of a statue in a lovely little park and going back to the hotel to watch Streets Of Gold starring Klaus Maria Brandeaur. Thankfully, it was not dubbed from its original English. As the sound of bones breaking and blood gushing lulled me to sleep, I thought, "It's okay. Tomorrow is the real reason I came to Scheidam."